Valve



Feb. 15,1921. 1,618,034 l W. l. WILLIAMS4 ET AL v VALVE Filed April 9, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS:

ATTORNEY Feb. 15,1927. f l'1,618,034 w. l. WILLIAMS ET A| VALVE v Filed Aprl 9, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY 4 lieb. 15, 192.7.4 v1,618,034-

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VALVE Filed April 9, 1925 5 sheets-sheets ffy@- INVENTOR WITNESS:

A I'TORNEY Patented Feb. l5, 'lQ

unirsnsifarss WESLEY IAWILLIAii/is Aivn RAY 'Pensioenen Wicrirrn, KANsAs.

. VALVE.4

Application filed April e, 192s. sei-iai im 630,992'.

, This invention relates to improvements in engines and has particular relation to means for controlling the admission of steam or vother expansible iuid tothe cylinder or cylwith anV arrangement of intake and `exhaust ports, whereby either a single-or multiple cylinder engine may be started, stopped, orv

reversed by a single koperationotl a controlling lever, while .tendency of the engine to stop on dead center is materiallyreduced.

YAnother object of the invention is the provision'o'f a valve having novel means of adjustment for taking up wear, together with means whereby theV valve may be lubricated to insure its proper operation.

With the above and otherobjects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to bejhereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view through a multiple cylinder engine constructed in accordance with lthe invention, parts being shown by dotted lines and other parts omitted. q

vFigure 2 is a sectionalview on the line 2-2 of Figure '1. y

Figure l3 Yis a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.- l

yFigure 4 is avsection on the line 44 of Figure 1. l

Figure is a detail perspective view of one of the valves. A

Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the closed position of the feed Controllingvalve.

Figures 'i' and 8 are similar views showing different positions of this valve.

Figures 9 and 10 are diagrammatic views showing different positions of the working valve.

Referring in detail to the drawings,

wherein like characters vof reference denote V `in the manner illustrated and described,

corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates the cylindersof an engine within which operates a piston v11, the rod 12 of the latter being connected Ywith a. drive shaft (not (shown). I

The cylinders 10" have extending therefrom a casting 13 and these castings are connflange ,23.

ii'ected by a block 14 Yso kas to provide a unitary structure. 1 f Y Formed in each of the castings 13 is a transverse opening 15, within which is seated a tapered sleeve 16, theflatter forming a seat fora valve 17, which is hereinafter referred to as a working valve.

Also formed within the block 1'4 is an opening 18 and located within this opening is a tapered sleeve 19 which issimilar to the sleeve 16 previously,mentioned. T hissleeve wenn; trice.

19 Vis also tapered and vprovides a valveseat for a feed controlling valve 20. l

The'valves 17 and 20 are of similar conf struction and are illustrated in'detail in Figare 5 of thedrawings. They include a ta ypered plug17 which is provided with trans vei'sely arranged oppositely located passages f 22, the said passages being. separated by a smallerl end of the tapered'plug. 20,-while a bore 25 extends axially through'v the valve.V

A stein 24 extends from theY` tending beyond the end ofthe valve when thel said valve is in position-and having a a shoulder at the inner end of the bore and actsfto force the valve upon its seat.l A rody 30 lextends 'from the bore 25 and the outer end of Vthis rod is movable longitudinallyy of the brore'byl means of adjusting screw 31, whereby the spring may be tensioned to take up wearbetween the valve and its seat.V

Thevalves 1 7 and 2O are of the oscillating type `and may be voperatively connected by any suitable means to the engine crank shaft and as the connecting vmeans forms no part of thepresent invention, none yare illustrated.

` The taperedy plugof the valvey is provided with circumferentially arranged zigzag grooves 32, which are spaced apartvand connected by means of a longitudinallydisposed groove 33, the said grooves being adapted y to contain lubricant so that vthe valves may `at all times be properly lubricated.

By means of these taperedvalves mounted there is a tendency of the said valves to move The sleeves 16. of the valves V'17` are vprovided with tapered outer' surfaces soi as to snugly lit Withinv the openings which are i.

likewise tapered and in addition, the bores of these ,sleeves are similarly tapered, their smaller ends being disposed outwardly. The

sleeveA of the valve 2O is preferably simi-VV larly formed. The sleeves 16 ofthe valves 17 are provided with spaced diainetrically arranged portsV 34, 35, 36 and 37, while the sleeve of the valve 2O -isprovided with similai-ly arranged ports 3S, 39, 40 and 41.

VThe ports of the sleeves of the workving"valves 17 are in communication with a passage 42 provided in the casting 13, the Y opposite 'end ofthis passage being in communication with a port 43 at one end of tliecylinder 10. rlhe opposite ports 34 ot the working valves 17 are in communication Art The ports of thefworking valves 17 are in communication with upwardly extending Vpassages 46 andthe upper ends of these passages are connected hy a horizontally arranged passage 47. The ports 37 of the working valves communicate with the oppositeends of a horizontally arranged passage 48, while this last mentioned passage is vincoini'nunication with one end of a passage 49, whose opposite end isin communication with the port 38 ofthe valve 20. The port ofl this -lastmentioned valve communifcates with the passage 47 through a passage 50 while the dort 39 communicates with a passage 51. The port 41 communicates with Va passage 52 which provides an exhaust passage.

W ith ,the working valve in the dotted line position shown inlfigure 1 of thel drawings and the fuel line position in Figure 7, steam 'entering through the passage 51 will pass through the port 39, one of the passages 22 of the valveV 20, the port 38, through the `passage 49, andl in opposite directions through the passage 4S, as illustrated hy thearrows, From the opposite ends of the passage 48, the steam will pass through t-lie orts 37 of the working valves 17, through one-iofthe passages 22 of the said valve, through the port 26, the passage 42 the port 33 into the cylinders 10 to one side of the piston 11, as yillustrated by the arrows. in Figure 2. This will force the piston in the direction of the arrow shown in this figure and dead steam will he forced Voutward through the port 45, tliejpassage 44, the port 34, through one of the passages 22 of the working valve 17, through the port 35, the passages 46 and 47, the passage 50, one of the passages 22 of the Vvalve 20, and cult through the exhaustxpassagell.

The direction of operation* of the engine and its speed is controlled by the valve 20,

the crank shaft rotating in one vdirection when live steam passes through the valve 2O as indicated by the arrows@ in Figure `7, the exhaust steam passing outward through the valve as indicated byY the arrows b. When the position of this valve is reversed as shown in Figure 8, live steam will pass through the valve 20 in the direction shown by the arrows a so as to enter the lcylinders V11 through the ports '45 and reverse the direction of operation of the crank shaft. The direction of travel ,of 'the exhaust is indicated by the arrows o in Figure S.

When the valve 20 is in the position shown in Figure 5, steam is entirely cut off to the cylinders so that no operation ofthe engine will occur and it will henoted by reference to this figure that when the valve is rotated in either direction to open the Orts 38 and 40 the exhaust l)assaffes Vwill P l e he opened'iirst'and to greater degreethan p tue live steam passages so as to permit of a thorough exhaust of steam when the engine y y rlhe speed of the engine may he controlled by is running at either high or low speed.

means of the'valve 20. Y Y y ln Figures 9 and 10 there is illustrated dii'l'erent posi "ons ofthe working valves 17 during their oscillating movement, wherehy the passages 42 and 44 are alternately opened and closed.v f

Tlieinvention vis susceptible of various changes in its forni, proportions andininor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as proper-- ly fall within the scope oftlioappended claim. e

Having described the invention what claimed is 1 A rotary valve for -use upon and in coii- Y junction with cylinder enginesl for controlling the intake and exhaust of'steani therefor, said valve tapering longitudinally of its Ylength and seated within a correspondingA f the loallv for adjusting the valve to eliminate escape of either the intake or exhaust steam within the controlling port. y

In testimony whereof we ai'liX our signatures.

RAY REEDER.

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